6. Their women are well known for their beauty and delicacy of form. A native traveller [218] writes:—“The Chaubâinis are in the grandest style of beauty. The whole class is superb, and the general character of their figure is majestic. Their colour is the genuine classical colour of the Brâhmans of antiquity.” It is peculiar with them to celebrate a number of marriages the same day in order to save expense. Their greediness is proverbial—Achchê bhaê atal, prân gaê nikal—“A life is well lost that is lost in gorging sweets.” DISTRIBUTION OF CHAUBÊ BRÂHMANS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891. ==============+======== District. |Number. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~ Dehra Dûn | 9 Sahâranpur | 17 Muzaffarnagar | 3 Meerut | 19 Bulandshahr | 243 Aligarh | 109 Mathura | 5,036 Agra | 2,293 Farrukhâbâd | 90 Mainpuri | 1,061 Etâwah | 122 Etah | 320 Bareilly | 249 Budâun | 300 Morâdâbâd | 388 Pilibhît | 20 Cawnpur | 166 Allahâbâd | 135 Jhânsi | 1 Lalitpur | 4 Benares | 27 Mirzapur | 33 Ghâzipur | 79 Gorakhpur | 114 Kumâun | 2 Tarâi | 3 Lucknow | 9 Sîtapur | 129 Bahrâich | 34 Sultânpur | 5 +~~~~~~~~ Total | 11,020 ==============+======== Males 5,452 Females 5,568